come up to

English

Verb

come up to (third-person singular simple present comes up to, present participle coming up to, simple past came up to, past participle come up to)

  1. (transitive) To approach.
    We're coming up to the end of the night, so please finish your glasses.
    • 1959 October, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
      The motorman had reduced speed to little more than walking pace as we approached the signal, and had the brakes released as we came up to it.
  2. (transitive) To meet expectations.
    The outcome didn't come up to our hopes for the project.
  3. (transitive) To reach a certain height.
    You have to come up to this line to ride this rollercoaster.
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